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OC375

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6. Siege Warfare is complex, and sometimes subtle...
Fri Jun 12, 2026, 12:52 PM
Jun 12

The risk for Iran now, is that often temporary fixes and workarounds can become the new norm in complex interconnected systems.

The system will try to compensate and fight to persist, and emerging systems struggle to gain share.

The system won't go back to what it was, that seems certain, at least to me.

Change for better or worse is inevitable after a certain point, I guess, is what I'm saying.

I'm hoping the planet isn't the biggest loser, and we build something better than a return to the status quo on energy as a weapon.

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